Which company?

[Chewy20]

I am bored and have a little time on my hands, so I am interested in which system would you want to work for the most and why? With no other concerns of moving or anything like that. Maybe you are already apart of your dream system I don't know.

 

[LACoGurneyjockey]

Without thinking too much about it, KCM1, Austin-Travis county, Boston EMS, and of course the gold standard of Emergency Medical Services, *LA County Fire.
*sarcasm button. Am I doing it right?
But the grass is always greener. Honestly, Kern County has got some pretty great things going for it if you ignore the 5 year old ACLS protocol.

 

[Handsome Robb]

Wake County EMS or Sussex County EMS. County third services, set promotional ladder, some "cool guy" departments, good benes, retirement and pay. Sussex runs dual medic RRVs and uses FD BLS ambulances which would be pretty cool.

Too bad they're both on the East Coast...and there's no mountains or snow to be found which is where the deal breaker lies.

 

[NomadicMedic]

KCM1, ATCO and Boston are all at the BOTTOM of my list... And we're not currently hiring at Sussex... But when that changes, I'll let you know.

 

[STXmedic]

KCM1, ATCO and Boston are all at the BOTTOM of my list...

Amen.

I'll echo Robby's, and add WilCo. Pecos with TJ sounds pretty fun, too.

 

[Handsome Robb]

KCM1, ATCO and Boston are all at the BOTTOM of my list... And we're not currently hiring at Sussex... But when that changes, I'll let you know.

I appreciate it, I don't know if I could ever live there. Who knows maybe I'll fall in live with dirt scooters again and that'll keep me content.

Amen.

I'll echo Robby's, and add WilCo. Pecos with TJ sounds pretty fun, too.

I forgot about WilCo and Pecos. Presidio would be sweet if the pay was better.

 

[STXmedic]

Yeah, the whole minimum wage thing doesn't really work for me. If pay was on par, I'd work for JF in a heartbeat.

 

[Chewy20]

May I ask why ATCEMS and BEMS are at the bottom? ATCEMS has kind of dropped off in the past couple years I know that.

My top would probably be BEMS because I grew up just south of Boston, WILCO, and Medic One out in Washington.

 

[NomadicMedic]

Working as a BLS provider when you're a medic sucks. Sorry. And KCM1 is just... Ahh, search out the old posts.

 

[Chewy20]

Yeah true I guess I did not think of it from a paramedic standpoint working those type of systems, and will do.

 

[usalsfyre]

StarFlight in Austin looks interesting, I'd go back to working for FFX City FD in Virginia, the Delaware chase medic concept is something I've never done, there's several services in central Texas I wouldn't mind being at and I occasionally kick myself for not having the balls to try the Air Force PJ pipeline.

For the most part I'm very content where I'm at though.

 

[STXmedic]

StarFlight would be awesome. If only I could pass their swim test...

 

[TransportJockey]

I like where I'm at... but I think I wanna stay here a year or two then try to apply in Delaware

 

[NomadicMedic]

I think you'd be bored in DE.

 

[TransportJockey]

I think you'd be bored in DE.

It's that whole third service thing. There's very few places I'm willing to go after this. Williamson County is high on my list too. Seattle and Austin aren't even on my list

 

[usalsfyre]

I think we're occasionally a bit too harsh on Austin. They run a VERY good service with a few VERY stupid rules geared towards their civil service stuff. If I were to get hurt or sick though, I'd have zero problem with A/TC taking care if me which is more than can be said for some other "name brand" services.

 

[TransportJockey]

I think we're occasionally a bit too harsh on Austin. They run a VERY good service with a few VERY stupid rules geared towards their civil service stuff. If I were to get hurt or sick though, I'd have zero problem with A/TC taking care if me which is more than can be said for some other "name brand" services.

I don't want to work for them for the same reason I won't work for BEMS... I don't want to spend a year or more being stuck working as a basic

 

[NomadicMedic]

Right, but the OPs question was, where would YOU want to work, not who provided the best care. I mean, if I was going to have a VF arrest, I'd want it to be in King County... But I wouldn't work there for all the tea in china.

 

[Drax]

My favorites, in order:

West Pierce Fire & Rescue, East Pierce Fire & Rescue, Olympia Fire, Tumwater Fire, Tacoma, Valley Regional, Seattle.

Maybe Bremerton too.

 

[NomadicMedic]

My favorites, in order:

West Pierce Fire & Rescue, East Pierce Fire & Rescue, Olympia Fire, Tumwater Fire, Tacoma, Valley Regional, Seattle.

Maybe Bremerton too.

You need to get out of Washington at some point in your life.